Combat allergies the natural way

Many seeking holistic approach to treatment

11:57 PM,
Mar. 23, 2013

Written by

Theresa Keegan
| For Healthy Living

From mild sniffles to chronic bouts of runny eyes, itchy skin and sinus infections, allergies are on the rise not just in the Hudson Valley but throughout the Northeast.

"Allergies are the tip of the iceberg when it comes to how we're dealing with our world," says Dr. Ronald Whitmont, of Rhinebeck, who believes that a lack of diversity of microbiology is affecting people's immune systems.

"We're seeing ballooning incidences of these conditions that are restricted to the developing world," he says of increasing allergic reactions to both natural and man-made items. The response is ...